The UN Security Council on Friday called on Mali’s warring parties “to engage in good faith and in the spirit of compromise” towards a comprehensive and inclusive peace deal as they are set to resume peace talks in Algeria. The peace talks between the Malian government and rebels is set …

The outgoing President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has said that the “Islamic State” represents today the biggest threat to “civilisation and our model of society”. Europe needs to be part of the international efforts to defeat and uproot it.” Barroso wrote this in a book about his …

US military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria on Monday and Tuesday using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct four airstrikes, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced. Separately, US and partner nation forces conducted three airstrikes using fighter and attack aircraft against ISIL terrorists in Iraq, the announcement said.